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Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen was interviewed for the story, "Wages up for the well-off, but not for others," in the Christian Science Monitor.    According to the article the problem of widening wage inequality is not new, and is rooted in long-term trends. The rise of technology in the workplace, for example, puts a premium on educated workers and eats into the bargaining power of the less-skilled. The entry of about a million immigrants a year, puts downward pressure on wages in many low-income jobs. Offshore outsourcing of jobs and falling union representation also play a role.  Owens said, "All these factors are still present.  We can probably project a future growth in inequality."

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, published an op-ed in the Syracuse Post-Standard.  The op-ed, "Letter from Madonna," focused on celebrity endorsement of presidential candidates.  Klinkner said, "Why do candidates debase themselves by associating with celebrities?  Wes Clark seems a decent and thoughtful man, but his willingness to trumpet this kind of endorsement just makes him seem silly."

A benefit performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" will be performed at Hamilton as part of the V-Day College Campaign on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The purpose of the V-Day Campaign is to raise awareness and money to stop violence against women around the world. Hailed by The New York Times as “funny” and “poignant,” “The Vagina Monologues” dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement of women’s experiences. Monologues will be read by Hamilton students, faculty and staff.

Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat has been awarded a visiting research fellowship for the fall 2004 semester at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. Kodat will continue work on her book, "Don't Act": The Cold War Politics of Art, an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between federal arts policies and cultural production in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series continues the Classical Connections Series with the woodwind quintet Imani Winds on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Robert O'Leary, a 1992 graduate of Hamilton, is among Boston's first recipients of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. According to an article in the Boston Globe, "He began volunteering a year ago with Boston Cares, a Boston nonprofit group that organizes teams of volunteers in and around the city. 'I didn't want to do just one project or focus in on only one area to volunteer in. I wanted to do a lot of projects,' said O'Leary, who tackles four or five volunteer projects every month."  According to the Globe article, "Among the criteria for nomination for the Presidential Volunteer Service Awards are creativity and initiative, generosity of time, energy, and resources, and working to build strong partnerships within the volunteer communities."  O'Leary received the award on February 9.    

Former Kirkland College President Sam Babbit and Kirkland alumnae Cassandra Harris-Lockwood '74, Dolores Mancuso-Chainey '72 and Alison Root '72 participated in a panel discussion on their memories of the college's first year, 1968. The event was sponsored by the Kirkland Project, in conjunction with the 1968 Sophomore Seminar "Year of Revolt."

Brian Rosmaita, assistant professor of computer science, will discuss "A Citizen's Guide to Electronic Voting," for the first Brown Bag talk of the spring term on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at noon in Schambach 108 (next to Wellin box office).Bring your lunch and join us for discussion.  For more information call the Kirkland Project office at x4288. 

 As a casting agency, the firm markets its clients to casting directors.  After two weeks of helping in the casting of our clients, I actually met some of them. They include Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City), Mekhi Phifer (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer), and Leonardo Nam (The Perfect Score). 

Greetings once again from the big city!  Life is busy, without much free time. ...Such an existence may create bitterness, but the city has a way of trapping people. As one of the ABC producers said this week, in reference to moving away from the city, "that is not a sacrifice I am willing to make."